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I don't believe usb devices can shut down machines. I believe suspend is the best bet. However, you can get a hot script to run on a keyboard combination which shuts down the machine, and then assign that keyboard combination to a remote control button.
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Actually, since I'll be tied up most of today, you can give this a shot: https://flirc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200712548
The utility has been updated for windows 10.
Very Sincerely,
Jason
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100% confirmed. I just got my own copy of windows 10 yesterday and I will work on solving this over the weekend. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.
The biggest lesson for me, is that I need to start signing up for developer access for windows and mac.
Thanks so much, hang in there.I believe you can pair it on another machine and use it in windows 10 just fine, can you confirm?
Very Sincerely,
Jason
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as long as your nas supports keyboards, flirc will work. Just pair it on another machine.
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You just need a launcher, and you need to pair the launcher keys with your remote, and you should be good to go
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I am trying to set up flirc to work with the amazon fire tv but it doesn't seem to be working, some buttons seem to work while others do not when I use the Filrc - Amazon Fire TV profile in the Harmony 650. Would buttons not working be a sign of the multiple button presses being sent, or is there something else I should be looking at?
I admit it has been a while since I messed with the Harmony remote as things had been working well for my set up for some time, but now that a device failed I'm exploring other options for Kodi which led me to the amazon fire tv. I am assuming then when I upgraded the Harmony software, my remote was updated to the latest firmware.
Also, can anyone chime in with using a Harmony with a Flirc to control KODI from the amazon fire tv? I've had a go at setting it up but again my results were that some buttons worked while others did not. I tried the method that Hypnoz suggesed in this post:
Logitech has a known problem. They are going to fix it but it's taken a bit of time.
I'm working on some experimental firmware to handle repeats on my device, but I need another week or so. Can you hang in there Nick? I'll make an announcement on my blog and on the forums beta section.
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does it work outside of kodi? If you fire up a text editor, does it work?
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Okay, I sent you a message back, I'm just catching up. We'll set up a team viewer session. I think the drivers are not installed correctly.
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in advanced configuration, do you have sequence modifiers enabled or disabled?
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This extender doesn't have any electronics for sure. I had at least two of those in the past and I've disassembled one of them to use the cable and the socket for my own needs.
Possible issue here is that the cables used by the Logitech in these extenders are really thin and prone to interference if not properly shielded. Is your PC grounded properly? The ground connection is connected to the shield of the USB port and connects to the cable shielding. If not grounded properly and thin enough the cable will act as an antenna catching different RF signals. Maybe that interference is what wakes up your PC.
I think you're definitely right, as always.
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Problem solved! I was plugging in the flirc to an old USB extender from a wireless Logitech keyboard so that I could place the d ice ice directly under the TV. Turns out that this extender was keeping what was preventing my PC from sleeping!
I plugged the flirc into a USB extender cable and it now sleeps and wakes perfectly!
Thank you all for your help! Think I might get another flirc now for my Raspberry Pi!
Thanks so much for following up. I really appreciate it and am certainly surprised by the solution. Can I get a little bit more information bout the hardware that was preventing it from sleeping from logitech? Do you have a link?
Thanks again.
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I think it's the remote profile. Since that's a universal remote, can you change to a panasonic or samsung remote to control flirc?
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Okay, how about this: http://cl.ly/2j3g3V2D0a0q
I found some duplicates, play and pause. Please re-record that.
I also found the wake key, which is strange, as that's now the only button that should be able to wake your machine. I deleted that, just in case it was an accident. Re-record it if it wasn't. I've also disabled built in profiles, in case noise was matching those signals.Give that a shot and let me know if it works. If it doesn't, try going to advanced, and enabling the noise filter.
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can you share your configuration?
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Yeah, sorry for the delay. If you have a harmony, the integration is seamless. Their profiles are built into the device.
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Yeah, I got mine and it's not working. It looks like a standard 38khz frequency, but I'm going to say the wavelength of the light is funny. It's just not working and it's going to take me time to figure out why. Sorry, guys, not something I'm going to be able to get too right away, I have a ton on my plate.
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No, I don't believe so. I would need to pick one of those up, but the result is probably going to be frustrating. I do plan on being able to support that in the future, but I have a ton on my plate at the moment.
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The first one was V1.0 or something. GUI was good and firmware was good till I stuffed it up by upgrading the firmware, but eventually got it working mostly. Second one was V2 or something. Shit from the start. Had to program it through DOS because it wouldn't work on the GUI. Would've of been good but accidentally programmed 3 buttons wrong and couldn't for the life of me erase it on DOS or on the GUI, but lived with it. When the latest version came out I hoped all the small issues would be fixed. I upgraded 1 of them, had a few dramas programing it but eventually got it mint(still had to use AutoHotkey though for skip back and fast foward). Saved the config file and used it to upgrade the 2nd flirc. But now I'm worse off because they are now both affected and I have to get off my ass and skip the ad with the mouse by the TV.
Recently built a Media Center for a friend and opted for a Dell RC6 Media Center remote and IR receiver in stead of a flirc. Something that I may have to do on my own system.
I'm really sorry you are having trouble. But there is no reason for name calling. I do this on my own, and to fundraise for cancer research. Without anything constructive, I can't fix the problem.
If you could please help by describing the problem a bit more, I can try to address it. Or better yet, we can connect on skype and go back and forth with questions. But please give me the opportunity to try to help. I understand you are frustrated. I'm sorry about that.
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I have 2 flircs. The first one went well straight off the bat. The second has been shit. Then I accidentally upgraded the firmware on the first one, now I have two that are shit. Can't you just make a program that reads an editable xml file or something? It really is starting to piss me off now!!
The two flircs are running the latest firmware which I thought would've been sorted by now but obviously isn't.
The flircs lose their settings!! I am running a windows 7 32bit media center as a HTPC. All works then I lose a button. Then the whole lot goes. Without the computer even doing a reboot or anything. Reinstalling the same firmware then clearing the setting then reloading the settings gets it going, but with the wrong commands. I know I saved the correct settings, but it's either reloading it wrong or it didn't save it correctly to begin with.
Pause and play were two seperate commands working fine but now play is on the record button and the play button is control+alt+shift+t(using flirc utilities-key events to find that out).
The stop button stopped working, key events came up with nothing even though the flirc gui said the stop button was stop and that i could redo it. I erased the stop button, then reprogrammed it now keyevents comes up with ctrl+alt+shift+s. I erased it again and using the key board menu re-recorded it as ctrl+shift+s, but the key events is saying it's recorded as ctrl+shift+alt+s again. What gives!! I've tried different remotes, did a reinstall of the operating system(not purposely for the flirc). Computer restarts as well. After all these years I thought you'd have this sorted by now.
I can't even up load my configuration file because it says "No file was selected for upload" even though it was.
I know what the problem is. I've had a really hard time these past few weeks. I'm going to release an update over the weekend that allows people to change this setting before I figure out how to do it on the fly. Hang in there and watch the beta forums. I'm sorry for your frustration. What firmware were you at previously?
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does the repeat start happening after you press a button, or is it triggered randomly by the environment?
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I'm going to put a method to downgrade soon. I'm fucking swamped.
Shoot me an email: flirc.tv/contact
I'll get you the older firmware and come up with a fix for this. I know what the problem is.
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I'm fairly certain I am also getting this problem, and it's continued to be a problem in both Linux (mint 17.1) and windows (8.1) for me using Harmony 650. I've tried both the Samsung/Panasonic TV profile method and also the special Flirc profile on the Harmony and neither has solved this problem. My center was running linux at first, and I was getting the problem no matter what I did, so I just set flirc aside for the time being. After a while the machine came to run windows 8.1, and the exact same problem persists with flirc there as well. For some reason the flirc will start out working just fine, then at some point it just begins "cutting out" (which I've actually come to find is endlessly stuck keypresses), then eventually only send "phantom"/repeated keypresses over and over even if I restart, even if I re-plugin Flirc. I've tried using USB 2.0 hubs, and I've tried ensuring that the drivers pick up flirc on the media center - It gets the problem when I try to record, that it will instantly register some random key and I can't even program it anymore. I've tried every inter-key delay in the list and none solve it. I am using Firmware 3.6. It's not just in Kodi where it misbehaves, of course, but in the OS itself as well (constantly pressing the key and typing whatever that happens to be in any dialog or box that comes up).
After reading a few threads about "lamps" and "light interference" (...) I've even tried taping boxes over it in a very silly attempt to get it to be nice and happy in its own dark little box-world, but to no avail. So.. I'm really not sure what to do, and sadly rearranging my room to have no other electronic in it except the PC and flirc is not exactly feasible. Any suggestions?...
Is it always the same key it's spamming? Or is it random?
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and thank you for following up and letting us know.
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My own fault actually- was running V1.3.6 of the GUI which wasn't playing nice with the v3.7 on the FLIRC. Updated to V1.3.7 of the gui and all now working as it should. I musn't have dropped the Flirc 1.3.7 GUI into the Applications folder the last time I ran it to update the firmware so was still running V1.3.6...
Glad you got it working.
Windows Media Center (WMC) Remote: Not All Keys Can Map
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I'm constantly improving my software, and I have an unreleased version that fixes windows media center issues. You can grab it here:
It has a new windows media center controller. Also, the controller is just a bunch of keyboard shortcuts, so if I'm missing a shortcut, just find it here; http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/media-center-keyboard-shortcuts#1TC=windows-7
Then use the keyboard controller to manually record those keys.
You have a remote that uses a funky protocol, the solution is pretty easy, record each button twice.
Thanks for the feedback, I really do appreciate it.